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  1. William Augustus Larned (December 30, 1872 – December 16, 1926) was an American tennis player who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. He won seven singles titles at the U.S. National Championships .

  2. Larned became a star of the Americas premier tennis event, winning seven national singles titles, a record shared with only two other men – Dick Sears and Bill Tilden. He won his last national title in 1911 at age 38, making him the oldest champion in history, a record that holds firm today.

  3. Men's Tennis. Considered by many as the greatest of the old tennis masters, he shares the U.S. record of seven national championships with William Tilden and Richard Sears. His first success came in the fall of 1892 – his junior year at Cornell – when he won the intercollegiate championship.

  4. 1911-09-03 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: William Larned wins his 5th consecutive & 7th overall US singles title; beats Maurice McLoughlin 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

  5. Jan 1, 2001 · Official tennis player profile of William Larned on the ATP Tour. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more.

  6. WILLIAM LARNED 225 William Larned is one such middleman. And although he did not write much about why he did what he did, his actions, both on and off the job, suggest that neither social control nor benevolence can fully account for the goals or practice of social welfare. Instead, it involved a stew of motivations, meth

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  8. Jun 1, 2015 · He was a loving father who struggled financially. Yet, he also held immense power over the lives of his fellow townspeople in Providence, Rhode Island. Not rich, not poor, but middling, William Larned supported his family as an overseer of the poor. This is his story.